WATER AND HEALTH Selenium Hair Loss Cobalt Paralysis

Thallium Hair Loss Manganese Manganism (Psychie &

Neurological disorder)
Nasal cavity cancer
Lead Delays Physical &Mental
Arsenic development of children
Nasal sinus
Nickel Mercury Neurological disorder
(Shortness of breath) Methy! Affects central nervous
Mercury system toxic (Minamata)
Mottled teeth
Fluoride Selenium Numbness in fingers &toes
Selenium Decayed teeth Cyanide Nerve damage
Arsenic Nervous system toxicity
Cobalt : Long irritation Aluminum Alzheimer disease (brain)
Chromium Respiratory
Carcenogenicity Cyanide :Thyroid problems
(Lung cancer) lodine : Thyrold problems
Cadmium Lung cancer
Ammonia
Copper Longtem exposure
Lung odema lver damage
Beryllium Lung damage
Cobalt : Lung iritation Nickel Llver damage
Asbestos : Asbestosis (Cancer) Lead : Kidney problems
Thallum : Kidney problems
Selenium :Circulatory problems Mercury Kidney problems
Cadmium :Kidney problems
Copper :Long term exposure "
kidney damage
Lead Gondola dysfunction
Fluorlde : Stillbirths,
deformed children
Fluorlde :Pain &tendernoss
of bones

Cadmium : Cramps
Strontlum :Replace calclum
90 In bones (toxic)
Bone deformitles
Selenium : Circulatory problems
Lead : High B.P. Arsenic Skin damage
Arsenic : Cardio-vascular disorders BeryllumGranulomatous
Cobalt : Low B.P. skin ulceration
Nickel : Heart disease Nickel : Skin allergy
Antimony : Increase in blood cholesterol Chromlum :Allergic dermatitle
Decrease in blood glucose Chlorinated:Skin damage
Barium : Increase in Blood pressure hydrocarbons
Nitrate : Blue baby syndrome Silver Argyria (Skin
discolouration)
Cobalt Diarrhoea
Arsenic Gastro-intestial disorders BIS DRINKING WATER STANDARDS (IS 10500-91 Revised 2003)
like pain Vomiting, Diarrhoea Sr. Parameters Desirable Permissible
Selenium : Gastro-intestinal disturbanance, Ne Limit Limits In the
absence of
Abdominal pain alternate source
Chlorinated: Damaged fat cells, Loss of body 1. pH 65to8,No relaxation
2, Colour (Hazen Unit) ERE50
weight Hydrocarbons Turbidity (JTU) 5.0 10
Sulphate Diarrhoea Odour Unobjection
Asbestos : Increased risk of developing able
benign Intestinal polyps Total dissolved solids mglL 500 2000
G00
Copper : Short term exposure 6. Total hardness as CaCOj mgL 300
7. Calcium as Ca mg/L 200
Gastrointestinal Distress 8, Magneslum as Mg mg/L 30 03 100
Beryllium : Intestinal lesions 9. Chloride as Ci mg/L 250 1000
10, Sulphate as SO, mgl. 200 400
1. Nitrate as NO, mg/l No relaxation
12. Iron as Fe mgil 0. 1.0
13. Fluoride as Fmg/l 1.0 1.5
14. Arsenic as As. mgL 0.01 No relaxation
15. Manganese as Mn. mg/L 0.1 0.3
16, Zinc as Zn mgl 5
17., Copper as Cu mg/ 0.05 1.5
18. Chromium as Cr+6 mg/l 0.05 No relaxation
19, Lead as Pb, ma/L 0.05 No relaxation
0.001 No relaxation
PATHOGENIC MICRO-ORGANISMS IN WATERCAUSING DISEASES 20, Mercury as Hg, mg/L
No relaxation
21. Cadmium as Cd,mg/l 0.01
Micro-organisms Species Diseases 22. Cyanide as Cn, mg 0.05 No relaxation
0.03
23. Minerals Oil mg/L 0.01
Salmonella Enteric fevers
0.001 0.002
24. Phenolic compounds mg/l.
(Typhoid, Para typhoid) 25. Calilorm Organism, MPN 100 ml 10.0
Bacteria Shigella Gastro-entritis 26. Residual free Chlorine, mg/l 0
27. Pesticides mg/l Absent 0.001
Vibrio cholera Dysentery, Cholera
28. Selenium as Se mg/L 0.01 No relaxation
Infection hepatitis Jaundice 29, Aluminium as mgl 0.0 02
30, Boron mgL
Viruses ECHO-Coxackie Gastro-entritis 200 600
31. Alkalinity mg/L
Entamoeba hsitolytica Amoebic dysentery 32. Radioactive Materials
Protozoa Giardia a) Alpha omitters Be/L -0.1
Giardiasis
b) Beta emitters Bg/l.
Entamoeba coli Gastro-entritis 33 Anionie Detergents mgl 10
(as MBAS)

Central Ground Water Authority Central Ground Water Board

Ministry of Water Resources Central Region
Govt. 0F India Civil Lines, Nagpur